BOONE — AppHealthCare and the Mediation and Restorative Justice Center received a three-year federal allocation in excess of $550,000 to re-establish an in-jail recovery program and establish a pre-booking diversionary program to combat the opioid epidemic in Watauga County, the organization…
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BOONE – The Boone Town Council took a first step at restructuring its nuisance ordinances during its meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 15.
VALLE CRUCIS — A Valle Crucis business has filed a lawsuit against the Watuaga County Board of Education and is asking the courts to block the board from purchasing property as a site for a new school.
BOONE – The Luke Combs concert at Kidd Brewer Stadium has sold out shortly after tickets went on sale, as confirmed by Appalachian State Athletics.
WATAUGA COUNTY — One projects and two studies in Watauga County worth more than $340,000 were funded by the N.C. Clean Water Management Trust Fund, the agency announced in mid-September.
The following information is courtesy of the Boone Police Department. All suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Eddie Joe Mash, 64, of Jefferson, N.C., passed away October 14, 2019.
Donna Lyden Osborne, 66, of Blowing Rock, N.C., passed away Oc…
Mr. Robert Joseph Kelly, 73, of Vilas, N.C., passed away Wedne…
Mr. Carl I. Swanson, 92, of Boone, N.C., and formerly of Bradf…
Luke Spencer Short, 32, a former resident of Watauga County, N…
Did the late great writer, Pat Conroy’s late-in-life marriage to fellow writer Cassandra King make him a better writer?
There’s doing your job and there’s doing your job well.
In March the Watauga County Board Of Education entered into a contract to purchase 14.4 acres (the Hodges site) for $1.105 million as a possible site for a new Valle Crucis School grades 1-8. They are offering to pay 2-3 times the market value of that land. Thirteen of the 14.4 acres are des…
What does it mean to be free? Many seemingly intractable disputes about specific issues — ranging from welfare spending and school choice to abortion and alcohol policy — originate from the fact that people don’t answer this question in the same way. It’s hard to have a useful political conv…
It’s fair to say at this juncture that America’s Quid and Ukraine’s Quo have been caught in bed together.
The Downtown Boone Development Association, Mast General Store and the Boone Area Chamber of Commerce sponsored the second annual Jimmy Smith 'Marnon' on Sept. 27. Racers ran the 333-foot course as well as enjoyed a street party with food trucks, games and live music. Video by Kayla Lasure.
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